Specifications

Status: Released
Version:2.2
Document: ITS-AVS Audio Visual Standards
V2.2Issued.docx
Author: Dean McFadden
Save Date: 25/08/2014
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IP
Intellectual Property
ITU
International Telecommunications Union, a technical standards organisation
ITU-T
Telecommunications Standardisation sector of the ITU
KVM
Keyboard/Video/Mouse
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
Lumen (lm)
Measure of luminous flux. All references in this document shall be read as ANSI
Lumens
MATV
Master Antenna Television – reticulation of free-to-air and subscription television
services over a common channel (analog/digital via coaxial or digital via TCP/IP)
MECP
Master Emergency Control Panel
PA
Public Address
PC
Personal Computer
PTZ
Describes a subset of video cameras with motorised Pan, Tilt and Zoom
Rx
Receiver
SDTV
Standard definition video signal – in Australia 576i
SDI
Serial Digital (video) Interface – broadcast standard for the transport of
uncompressed video; for Australia (576i) at a bitrate of 270Mb/s
Single Link
A DVI/SDI standard providing video signals at high resolutions
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio of analog systems
STB
Set Top Box – device used to receive cable TV or digital terrestrial TV for display on
an analog TV or monitor
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair cabling
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TP
Twisted Pair cabling
Tx
Transmitter
VCR/VTR/VR
Videocassette/Videotape recorder
VGA
Video Graphics Array –progressive scan signal at 640x480 pixels.
WXGA
Wide XGA signal (for this document denotes 1280x800 pixels resolution)
WUXGA
Wide high-resolution XGA signal (for this document denotes 1920x1200 pixels
resolution)
XGA
Extended Graphics Array, 1024x768 pixels
UXGA
High-resolution XGA , 1600x1200 pixels
VCT/VTC
Videoconference / Video Teleconference (interchangeable)
VoIP
Voice/Video over TCP/IP
YC, Y/C
Separated Video (also S-Video) – video signal characterised by Luminance (Y) and
Chrominance (C) signals on separate cables
YCbCr/YPbPr/YUV
Component Video signal